by Mac Barnett
When Leo hits it off with a girl who has imaginary friends, he tries to blend in and not tell her he’s a ghost. But sometimes, a ghost’s special skills come in handy.
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Leo: A Ghost Story
Category Archives: New Children Books
My Dog, Bob
by Richard Torrey
Bob the dog can’t catch a stick, sit, or speak like the neighbor’s dog, Truffles. But he does like to make breakfast for the family. And he loves to ride in the car”…especially when he’s driving.”
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If You Ever Want to Bring an Alligator to School, Don’t!
by Elise Parsley
“If your teacher tells you to bring something from nature for show-and-tell, she means a hollow stick, or a bird’s nest, or some sparkly rocks.” Not an alligator.
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Six
by M.M. Vaughan
Parker and Emma’s father has vanished, leaving them only one clue to his whereabouts. Investigating leads them to secret project SIX-and into another world.
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Fort
by Cynthia DeFelice
When Two older boys mess with the fort Wyatt and Augie built in the woods-and with another kid who can’t fight back-Wyatt and his friend are forced to launch Operation Doom.
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The Year of the Three Sisters
by Andrea Cheng
Andee eagerly plans to bring Fan, Anna’s friend from China, to Ohio for the school year. But when Fan arrives, Andee is distant, Fan is unhappy, and Anna is caught in the middle.
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The Jumbies
by Tracey Baptiste
Corinne thinks jumbie stories are nonsense. but who can explain the yellow eyes that glow at the forest’s edge, or the mysterious stranger who visits the island witch?
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Adventures with Waffles
by Maria Parr
Trille thinks it would be nice for Lena to tell him just once that he’s her best friend: “She doesn’t need to say it loudly or anything. She could just say it hidden behind a cough.”
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Dory and the Real True Friend
by Abby Hanlon
Dory’s brother and sister’s advice to Dory about school? “Just try not to imagine things!” but when she describes her new friend as “extremely poufy,” they don’t think she listened.
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The Skunk
by Mac Barnett
A man is pursued by a skunk everywhere he goes. In a cab, at the opera, and even on a Ferris wheel- he can’t shake the skunk! What does it want from him?
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